Episode
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Evil of Adelaide Winters
Overview
Near the end of World War II, a phony medium named Adelaide Winters cheats grieving families of soldiers killed in battle by pretending to communicate with ghosts. When she meets a wealthy widower named Edward Porter and finds out that his son was killed in battle, she insists that he join her seance. Edward reluctantly joins and begins to believe in Adelaide powers. Eventually, he proposes marriage to her so that the two of them can be with his son. Adelaide accepts the proposal but the honeymoon doesn't go as planned.
Details
- Series
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 1964-02-07
- Runtime
- 51 min
Episode context
The Evil of Adelaide Winters is Episode 16 in Season 2 of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. It aired on 1964-02-07. The runtime is 51 min.
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